ADVERBIALS

     Adverbs modify verbs, adjectives and other adverbs. For example, never in I would never lie to my parents is an adverb of frequency, i.e. it tells us how often the event (lying) happens. There are many kinds of adverb but some are:

● place - e.g. go there, come here, they live nearby 

● degree - e.g. he's extremely happy, I'm very excited, she's really ill 

● manner - e.g. she drives carefully, he walks slowly, we work well together 

● quantity - e.g. I like tennis a lot, they didn't like London much, we talked a little 

● time - e.g. Where did you live before?, we bought it recently, I haven't phoned her yet. 

     Adverbs can be formed in different ways. One common way is to add ly to an adjective (e.g. quickly), but some adverbs are not formed from adjectives (e.g. very). Other adverbs have the same form as the adjective; for example, I tried hard (adverb) in the hard (adjective)exam. Adverbs are placed in different parts of a sentence and a good grammar will tell you the possibilities. 

     Adverbial clauses are groups of one or more words that act as adverbs. For example, in I arrived at the party before you did, the underlined part is an adverbial clause: it tells us when I arrived at the party. Adverbs and adverbial clauses are both categorized as adverbials, i.e. words or groups of words that act adverbially.